Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows
Install Personalization without WebSphere Portal Express
The WebSphere Portal Express Personalization component selects content for users, based on information in their profiles and on business rules. By using Portal Personalization, business experts can classify site visitors into segments and then target relevant content to each segment. Personalization also includes analytic capabilities to record site usage patterns and the LikeMinds recommendation engine, which provides collaborative filtering capabilities. Collaborative filtering uses statistical techniques to identify groups of users with similar interests or behaviors. Inferences can be made about what a particular user might be interested in, based on the interests of the other members of the group.
There are two ways to access the function that Personalization provides:
- Perform a full installation of WebSphere Portal Express. The WebSphere Portal Express product installs and configures Personalization's function by default.
- Install the Personalization function in WebSphere Application Server, but without WebSphere Portal Express. When Personalization is installed in this way, it is referred to as the Personalization Server. The Personalization Server enables you to deploy applications that have been developed with WebSphere Portal Express, serve personalized content to users, and record site metrics, without requiring that WebSphere Portal Express also be present on the machine. While rules may be executed from any WebSphere Application Server installation, a full WebSphere Portal Express installation is still required as a workspace for authoring rules and campaigns.
The instructions in this section describe how to install the Personalization Server function in WebSphere Application Server, but without WebSphere Portal Express. If you want to install Personalization as part of WebSphere Portal Express, refer to the Installing section for more information.
Overview of steps to plan, install, and configure Personalization without WebSphere Portal Express
- Review Planning for the Portal Personalization Server to learn about any considerations you should be aware of before installing the Personalization Server.
- Refer to Installing databases for Personalization for database considerations specific to the Feedback web analytics portion of the Personalization Server.
- Refer to Configuring LikeMinds support for Personalization if you want to use the LikeMinds recommendation engine provided with Personalization.
- Install the Personalization Server.
- Verify that the Personalization Server is working as expected.
- Personalization Updates
It is important to install updates if you have already installed the product and want to apply recent fixes. This section provides steps for installing updates to the Personalization server that is installed separately. If you installed Personalization as a part of WebSphere Portal Express, you do not need to make the updates in this section. - Planning for the Portal Personalization Server
- Installing databases for Personalization
- Installing the Personalization Server
- Configuring LikeMinds support for Personalization
- Installing and configuring a Personalization Server cluster
These instructions describe how to install the Personalization Server in a cluster environment and do not involve the installation or configuration of WebSphere Portal Express.